Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-17
The hourly record for the day was as

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There was but Que case OF ptostration by
the heat reported, but many persons Were
made slightly i'll, or afflicted by severe head
aches aud symptoms Of dizziness. The
serious case was that Of Mrs. Dikman, the
wife of a Short creek farmer, who had been
down into the city early in the morning,
Starting on the return trip just before
noon. Mrs. Dlkman was overcome and fell
from the wagon seat into the body Of the
wheel. She was taken into a residence
lust above the city, and revived under
treatment.
The high thermometer had quite an eff
feet upon business, persons showing q
marked diSinclination To stir about the
streets any more than was absolutely nee
esSary. By the SAME token they did show
a disposition TO linger about the premises
where cooling drinks are dispensed for A
consideration. and the ice cream parlors,
soda water dispeusaries and lager beer To-
%calities did a rushing business from blister
ing morn until torrid midnight-and then
some. The consumption OF ice was some
thing well calculated to carry Joy TO the
heart of a physician, and the heavy ice
wagons made incessant pilgrimages up and
down the dusty streets, marking their
ronte by trails Of dripping water, which
touched the ground only to he instantly
evaporated. The beer wagon was also to
be seen upon the streets generally empty.
The suffering of the day was not alone
confined to the adult population; nor yet
to the human family. The babies, always
the most prone to feel the heat, put in
a terrible day, and likewise a night which
could be properly characterized by the
same adjective, while horses, dogs and cats
had a. tough q time a. anybody. The
street car horses were particularly to be
pitied.
Last night was not well adapted to sleep.
The average bedroom was better adapted
to the baking OF bread bar 10 wooing the
drowsy god, ard as these lines are penned,
at midnight, the writer canno refrain
from the prayer: God help the poor de-
wills who are trying to sleep
As soon ~ the shades Of night showed
some signs OF descending, after theie usual
habit, the small boy, with not a few
girls, sought the river shore as il by
unanimous consent, and between the
hours Of : and . o'clock not less than five
hundred youngsters splashed the tepid
waters between the two extsrmities Of the
Island. On the bar below the mouth Of
the creek and on the beach at Stonetown,
directly opposite, fully two hundred en-
iOyed 4 bath; in the vicinity of the suspen-
sion bridge there were more than one hun
dred others, and at Sweeney's landing,
and below. fully one hundred and fifty
more batbers were TO be seen. The num-
Der along the river front Of the Sixth and
Eight wards must also have been large,
and it is certainly safe to say that one
thousand people sought relief from the
heat by a river bath, last evening.
Those who didn't 20 the river compro-
missed by a promenade along the streets and
until a late hour the throngs Of pedes-
trians almost suficed to blockade the
sidewalks along Market street.
The river has reached very slim proper
tons under the influence of the eItrsor-
binary heat, while the creek has about
tizzled out, it consisting yesterday princi-
pally OF a crooked trail Of green scum.
Opposite the Water Works, the channel Of
the river is very narrow and shallow, while
below the mouth Of the creek the condi-
ton is very little better, youngsters Of both
sexes wading the stream at this latter
point with impunity. Back river below
the dam has simply quit, and one can walk
over its bed without wetting the feet.
As we 20 tn pres tonight the indicA-
tons for 100 to-dsy are excellent.